My 5 year old has always tried to delay bedtime. You know, one more story, one more sip of water-the usual kid stuff. But this last year, she is giving me a real run for my money. Her questions are becoming complex as she deals with death, my brother’s, a squirrel’s, a fly’s. Where do [...]
Entry Category 'children'
Puppets, Pint-Sized Philosophers, Coincidence & God
April 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Family, Random, Ruminations
Tags:atmosphere·blackilicious·children·coincidence·death·God·music·parenting·philosophy·puppets·reality
Eating Out With Kids
August 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Family, Random, Ruminations
It’s there. I can see it. The downward cast eye, calculating the destruction my children will wield on a floor countlessly swept and a table, still gleaming from a wipe down. How many? And will you be needing a highchair? These questions we answer necessarily and a bit too chipper as we file single file [...]
Tags:children·mess·restaurants
Mothers: Imperfect Perfect
May 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Family, Food
I had the pleasure of spending Mother’s Day with my mother, my maternal grandmother and my girls. There is a magnetic pull that mothers have with their offspring and reuniting gives a sense of coming home. When I am away from my little chicks, I feel something amiss and am not settled until they are [...]
Why TOMS Shoes Seem Like Charity
May 3rd, 2011 · 8 Comments · Ruminations, thoughts
Young Americans’ charitable sensibilities have been overtaken by the TOMS corporation, in my opinion. Buy a pair of shoes, they state, and an impoverished child will receive a pair as well. Buy two, buy three and little feet around the world will benefit! While this all sounds good and grand, I started thinking the other day [...]
Tags:capitalism·charity·children·corporate greed·non profits·TOMS shoes
Creepy Lullabies
February 24th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Family
Bedtime rituals are necessary for children to establish a consistent sleep routine. I’ve read this a thousand times in my desperate attempts to guide my kids into an all night slumber. Pajamas, teeth brushing, stories and lullabies. Lights out. Once they are snoring, I tip-toe or CRAWL out of their room, careful not to wake [...]
Parenting Tactics 101
February 1st, 2011 · 7 Comments · Family
I’m gonna get a little mommy blogging off my chest today. I plan to add a few parenting posts a month for you mamas I know out there and mama-to-be’s, too. The last few months have been a struggle to maintain my sanity and be a good, patient mother to my two girls, ages almost- [...]
